I thought I’d try it again. See where that gets us! Up top I’m linking two recent posts I wrote for Reactor (formerly Tor.com), one a review of Yoon Ha Lee’s new YA novel, the other an introduction to Aliette de Bodard. I stay writing things! Writing things is fun! A researcher decided to do neurofeedback experiments on indigenous children. Like, recently. We never learn anything, I s2g. Should rich people be allowed to do science? PERHAPS NOT. How classics fans (may) get funneled into alt-right content on the platform previously known as Twitter. Andrea Long Chu on Rachel Cusk.…
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Because it’s January, and I was posting a links round-up, I happened to wander over to The Millions to check on the status of their semi-annual book preview. AND IT IS LIVE. AND I MISSED IT. I somehow blame Wordle for this. I love Wordle, but surely if it hadn’t been taking over our twitter feeds, I would have seen people talking about the The Millions semi-annual book preview on Twitter. And then I would have known. HERE IT IS. (link) “I doubt Joanna Gaines had ‘Build a Personal Brand Empire Increasingly Reliant on Data Scraping’ on any of her…
Leave a CommentHappy Readathon, if you are doing Readathon! I meant to post this an hour before Readathon started, but time got away from me and, well, here we are. I am just going to have to start a little late. Such, I fear, is life. In the meantime, have some links! A profile of Lindy West, on the occasion of the release of Shrill. How the internet is helping to preserve critically endangered languages. What is society really nostalgic for, when it talks about “going back” to an era of healthy, home-cooked meals? The reality TV industry isn’t providing adequate mental…
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